Goings on from the Oracle v. Google trial dominated the news this week.

Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid: With its two distinct interfaces, what is Windows 8 like as a desktop operating system? Our 8,000-word answer: better than feared, worse than hoped. Get ready for some Metro in your desktop.

Plans afoot to tap Iceland's geothermal energy with 745-mile cable: A proposed high voltage electrical cable running across the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean to Iceland to tap the country's surplus volcanic geothermal energy would become the world's longest underwater electrical cable, if it goes ahead. The cable would be a significant step towards a pan-European super grid, which may one day tap renewable sources as far afield as Scandinavia, North Africa and the Middle East.

Judges, don't sext your bailiffs: Sexting—it's not just for high schoolers anymore. When the shirtless photo of a (married) judge in Detroit ended up on the phone of the judge's (married) bailiff, the bailiff's husband complained to the state.